Bills Mafia honors Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass with fundraiser

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Bills Mafia are doing what they do best: honoring important moments in franchise history with a charitable donation.

This time it's Ten Lives Club, an animal shelter in Western New York. And the history-making moment was a 61-yard field goal by Tyler Bass in Sunday's win over the Miami Dolphins that set a new franchise record.

Ten Lives Club said it saw an influx of donations essentially immediately after Bass kicked.

It happened in the final seconds of Sunday's game, when the Bills and Dolphins were tied at 27 points. The ball went through the uprights with five seconds left in the 4th quarter, setting up Buffalo for a 30-27 victory over their AFC East rival.

“To date, $2,000 has been donated in various amounts through the Ten Lives Club website and Facebook in support of Tyler Bass,” the shelter said in a statement to 7 News Sunday evening.

It was said that many fans donated $61, a reference to Bass' 61-yard kick.

But this isn't the first time Bills fans have launched a fundraiser for the animal shelter in Bass' honor.

The Bills kicker missed a game-winning 44-yard field goal with less than two minutes left in last year's AFC Divisional Playoffs. Buffalo ultimately lost 27:24 to Kansas City.

In the days following that loss, Ten Lives Club said Bills Mafia showed their support for Bass by donating more than $400,000 to the shelter.

This time the donations tell a different story.

The shelter said, “This time it’s Tyler’s redemption story!”

If you would like to donate to Ten Lives Club, you can do so via their Facebook page or website.